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p)L. 1. '- ASHEYILLE, i?sf. Q., THURSDAY, ATRIL 3, 1890. ' ; . , NO. 26.
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Looking
Backward
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5ver the past eight years of
our
i i -i ; a .V.n
uccesstui Dusmess me m w
pile has demonstrated to usj the
fact that our determination to
lell only pure goods, guarantee
ing weights and quality, and
asking a small profit on every-
fsnlrl commends ltselr to
the good sense of purchasers.
Second, That desirable cu
omers cannot be gained by the
bft-tried practice of some deal
ers in cutting prices on a few
leading articles, hoping to make
it up on something else.
That hard work and close ap
plication to business is the price
'of success. j
That our business for 1889
hows an increase over the pre
vious year of 20 per cent., which
is very gratifying, and for
which we wish to thank our
Asheville and
JA-lcni J -
Western North Carolina.
LookiS;
We are encouraged to enter j up
on the year before us with re
newed energy and a determina
tion to erive our customers; the
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benefit of our -increased facili
ties for buying and selling the
4rvi finest oroods-.to be had, at
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small profits. J
I Our stock is now the largest
ever offered in this market and
embraces everything in the line
of Staple and Fancy Groceries
Table Delicacies, Fruits, Grain,
Flour, etc. Respectfully,
I Powell & Snider.
ASHEVILLE
HARDWARE CO.
Has bought out the
I;
&TOYE AM) CROCKERY STOCK
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Fprmerlv owned bv J. R. Hill, and
are
I sellmg the goods at
'i
j LOW FIGURES
To change the stock into Hardware.
Do
not forget the store,
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liO. 12 PATTON AVENUE.
Second door from Powell & Snider
T.I. VanGILDEK, Manager.
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BON MARCHE
Calls particular attention to the splen
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id stock of Liulits' and Child re 7? 8 irrabs,
Ladies
and Children'' s I Underwear : real
good and
real cheap.: Infants Jong
oaks and Caps. Art; embroidery ma
wnais ana wools 01 every aescnption a
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pecialty. P. D., R. & G. Thompson's
flove Fitting and Warner's Corsei
1 . .
aaies can find articles here not f bund
F any other establishment in the
city.
tall solicited by
pttlNSKY & ELLIGK.
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Forward
Briefs
The work of widening College street
is now in progress.
i
Burglars and sneak' theives haves been
e-ettine in their wbrk in Asheville dur-
ing the past week
Mr. and Mrs. J
iL. Morgan left on the
noon train for Winston, N
U.. alter a
month's visit here
The Christian onerreeration are still
looking for a pastor and hope to finish
up their house of
worship this summer.
We regret to hear that Dr. T. C. Smith
is still confined to his bed, with the illness
which has held him for a number 01 weeks.
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Major Van Zandt, of New York: j City,
is making
-
a stay
in Asheville. lie is
Van Zandt on Char-
stopping with Mrs.;
lotte street.
In the superior jcpurt the jury in the
case of Pinkney Bean against the Rich
mond and Danville, railroad awarded the
plaintiff $1,500 fornjuries received.
We have received another sample of
iron ore from Mr. p. M. Wills, of Sandy
Mush township. tt comes from an im-
mense bed and is a
rnost premising! look-
ing specimen.
Mrs. Samuel
Branch, wife of an em
ployee of the Asheville Furniture and
Lumber Company,! died at her home in
West Asheville Sunday at 2.30 p. m.
She leaves a husband and four children.
Mrs. C. P. flyers', left on 28th ultimo
for Fort Worth,' Texas, her new home,
much to the regret !of her many friends,
as this is her native!
place, a bad swap of
object is to join her
countries, but her
children. I
Capt
Natt Atkinson, has sold his
: ft -
nouse and groun
ids on South French
B. Bostic, for
"'uau . . , 1
f y,ouu. uapt. AiKinson ana iamny win
move to ms piace in esi, Asnevine, on
tne auipnur opnngs roaa. .
The improvements which Mr. Rich-
mona rearson is mating on tne prop-
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erty recently purchased from Eagle,
street to the old jail has increased the
Y&lue of adjoining
property by from 75
to 100 per cent. Aj large force of hands
is at work on the improvements.
Mrs. Rebecca CJegg, mother' of Wm.
E. Clegg of the Evening Journal, died at
her home on Broad stree.t, on Saturday
night. The deceased was born -in On
ov?- Potiorlo ort ViQfl Koon liirinlr in Ii '
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Asheville 18 montlis. lne remains, ac
companied by heij son and daughter,
were taken to Detroit, Mich.
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The people of Weaverville are arrang
ing for a mass meeiing in the interest of
4
the Audubon Society, which Dr. Wing
writes will be heldjat an early day. Dr.
Hurd, Col. J. D.j Cameron and other
friends 01 the movement are expected to
deliver addresses oh. the importance of
sparing the innocent birds of our beauti-
ful mountain country.
Rev. Dr. Buxton rj reached a farewell
sermon to the congregation of the Epis
1
copal Church last Sundav. He has been
rector of the church for near half a cen-
turv. At the earnest solicitation 01 the
congregation he retains his connection
with the church fot one year, the active
duties of the charge being assumed by
the Rev. McNeelv
DuBose, late of
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Union, S. C, who
Swannanoa of Mri
is the guest at the
and Mrs. R. R. Rawls
leased is ready for
until the house he;
nas
occupation by his
iamily.
A New Railroad Scheme.
A. correspondent of the Sonthport
Leader, writing frdm Georgetown, S
C.
says:
lnere is an enort being made in
Charleston to build a shore line railroad
irom Alt. Pleasant to tne antee ! river
and thence to Georgetown, and on to
Wilmington, N. Cj ox Norfolk, Va. The,
The direction of this road
from George-
town north is not j positively fixed
Nor
is it decided that the road will come to
Georgetown. They have two routes
under consideration ; one fromMt. Pleas-
ant along the shore, crossing the Santee
river at South
Ferry: and
the Winyaw
Bay at Eraser's P6int, following Long
Bay at sliorpi tnlfn- near hallnttp an
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thence to Wilminjrton. N. C, and on
through Eastern North Carolina to Nor-
folk. This will mjike the distance-from
Charlestdn to Aitihn.nUrm 144 milfts
against the present route of the Atlantic
Coast Line via Florpnnp -io. millp.
The other route U
to make as near as
possible an air linp from Georgetown to
Tarboro, N. C.,.thi would pass Wilming
ton some forty mil ;s. westward. I
The projectorsi 3f this road are E.D.
Killian, of Lancaster, Penn., and Joseph
H.: Reall from Philadelphia. They have
organized, a combany under the Mt.
Pleasant ! and Little river charter, and
have some subscriptions secured at Mt.
Pleasant aud on the route through Berk
ley county. They j are asking the right
of way and subscriptions in land.
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To be Spent in Asheville Buildings
j I and Improvements.
; An interview by the j Citizen with
seven builders of Asheville shows that
they have in hand at present buildings
and contracts for houses amounting to
$255,000. This list does not include the
proposed new hotels, the government
building, nor the work on the Vunder
bilt place. There are besides quite a
number of houses buildingj and proposed
which are not included. A complete list
of all private houses; would in all; prob-
abiiity reach $300,060. To this should
be' added the government building) at
$100,000, the three new hotels projected,
at tlie least $300,000 more The fact
that j $85,000 is being spent on th Bilt
more railroad, to be used in the con
struction of the Vanderbilti mansion, and
the improvement' of the j estate,
gives
some; idea of how much money is to be
expended there. It is saidithat the
wdrk
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will probably occupy live years,
j It is safe to say that, all these
items
included, considerably over $1,000,000
will he expended in Asheville for Ibuild-
ing and ornamentatipn during the year.
The splendid improvements which Mr.
Pearson is making in the southeastern
part of the city, the $20,000 market
house to be built, the quarter mile of
pavement to be laid by Gen. Young, all
swell the amount.;
! There are many other
improvements
projected which are
announced.
not
yet definitely
Two Important Enterprises.
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The American Pine Fibre Company
formally opened their factory at Cronly,
seventeen miles j from Wilmington, on
Monday. Quite a number of people
from Wilmington attended the opening
exercises, goina:
to the
factory
on a.
speciai train.
The company is utilizing the leaves of
the long-leaf pine for commercial pur
poses, and the industry promises to be
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come an lmponam one
The origin of
the company was in the
operations of
the jute trust. A substitute for jute
became a necessitv, and one of the sub
stitutes discovered Was pine fibre bag
ging. Bagging, matting, I carpet-lining
etc., will be made out of tne pine-leaves.
The j material is plentiful!, and the de
mand for the product is great.
The officers of
the American Pine
Fibre Company are,
Wm.lLatimeiL Die-
sident; M. Frank, vice-president;
G. H
Smith, secretary and treasurer;
C. W.
Dahlgren, manager, and A . Scott,
super-
intendent.
inother enterprise of
great
value,
land one that has excited
wide interest.
is the iron and steel
work
wnicn it is
proposed to locate at Greensboro
There
seems now no doubt that the wprks will
be located there
The Greensboro Workman publishes
some interesting 1 tacts from the com
pany's prospectus,
by the companj-,"
'j'The iron orep used
says the Workman,
"will be raised from! mine.s in Chatham
and Moore counties; the lime-stone
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from about Germanton, Stokes county.
The fuel snpply
wil
be the Poca
lontas
fields
North
coal field of Virgina,
and the coaTi
on Deep river and
Carolina.
Dan river in
i "It is proposed to build two furnaces
one for Bessemer pig, and the other for
mill 'and foundry iron
The estimated
ilyi capacity of the furnaces wil) be
5
luns i per uay. rruui vanuus icpuiis
from high authority jon such matters, it
is seen that iron can be made cheaper
at Greensboro than' it can be bought
elsewhere and delivered at Greerisboro
"The capital stock of the company is
$1,000,000 in shares of $100 each. It
will require an outlay of about $400,000
in getting ready for operation. The re
maming f bOO,UOU will be used in oper
ating the furnaces and establishing such
industries as the company may deter
mine upon
-Charlotte Chronicle.
He Played With aiMule.
Hon" j E. j J. Aston; is confined to his
room for a few days, all oh account of a
ittle playfulness on the part of a mule.
Mr. Fl Stikeleather.Tudge Aston's son
in-law, j purchased j an old, decrepit,
wnm ftht mule 'several weeks arO. and
v i - ; - . r f c? '
had been feeding him at hisAtable! in or-
der to giet him in a worjnng condition,
As the animal was soveek and moffen-
sive ' he Iwas alloweOo roam around in
the front yard and nibble the grass. This
morning Judge
Aston, seeing the mule
in his yard proceeded to drive him out.
Picking
up a small twig which lay
near
e and
by, he walked up beihind the mu
tapped him
kindly upon the flank. The
mule, however,. had developed a playful
nature, Of which the judge was unaware,
and resented this action. Gently raising
his two fear legs he implanted them firm
ly but with great determination on the
judge's breast. The j blow: knocked him
over. llr. kston was not seriously hurt,
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but was badly bruised and will be laid up
for several days. Citizen.
Radicals on Big Jay.
The; Democrat has received the fol
lowing : I j ; . I
Baknaudsville, N. C, March 28.
Editor of Asheville Democrat Wi ll you
please put this leter in your paper so the
Radicals on Big Jay can Reed lit My
father all Ways! has bin a Republican,
and My older Brother too My pa is; com
ing Whites Man sid an a Number of old
Radicals, My Brother is 13 years1 old i
am 12 years I have had hard timse hear
over my ticket but I am having at good
time Now Radicals is turned as fast as
they tan bee Marked sence Harrison is
bin in the White House it takes a leter
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0 days to go no Where Harrison Must
an Ewart M.C. Must hav a school to lern
the Radicals p m. to Reed. Mr. Editor
gets my brother Now. he sed nioney
would bee plenty an elect Harrison an
wart to Congress they did so an harder
times we Never saw. What has bee come
of little Ewart hant he quit put outjgood
postmasters an putting in fools yet mr.
Editor i don't know what to write ibut I
do feel like some goood Democrat! Must
tell you the News from big jay. the old
Radicals gets out on the cornors here an
they talks solom as death they say
there
small
party has played out shore, i am
they don't no when i am lisen at
them.
pa ses j tnis Radical townshiD will ero
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Democrat this fall.
j ; George Lidy Wiiittemokk.
North Carolina's Breathing Cave.
In the range of mountains in Western
North j Carolina known as the "Fork
Range," a most singular phenomenon
exists. It is the " Breathing Cave P In
the summer i months a current of air
comes from it so stronerlv that a rJerson
'!! J - - , -
cannot walk against it, while in the win
ter the rush of air inward is jiist as
great. ' M " v
The cool air from the cave in summer
is felt sometimes for miles in a direct
---Li.-i.il I
line from the mouth of the care. At
times a most unpleasant odor is emitted
upon the current from dead animals
sucked in and killed by coming in vio
lent contact with the walls. The loss of
cattle and other j stock in that section
during the winter months is always
great, and is accounted for in this way
They range too near the mouth and the
current carries them in. f
At; times, when the change from in
halation to exhalation begins, the air is
filled; with hairs of the various animals
not infrequently j small dry bones, have
been carried over a mile from the mouthJ
of the cave as though shot from an air
gun. j The air has been known to change
o
quite; suddenly during exhalation
from
cold to quite hot, accompanied by
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a ter
riDie roaring ana gurgling sound
Many scientific: men have visited
the
place, but the phenomenon still remains
unexplained ; the residents of that sec
tion rear a ; volcanic eruption, home
thing is wrongj sure. Nashville Ameri
can.
The Southern Exposition
In
a conversation 3'esterday wi
h Mr.
Patrick, Inter-Jptate Immigration Agent,
he informed us that the association is
working along quietly but surely with
all arrangements for the permanent ex
position of Southern proditcts wtich is
to be held in 1891. Numerous Nohhern
and Northwestern cities are competing
for the exposition, and an offer has just
been received from Boston,; numerously
signed by a number of prominent men of
that city with a request that the exposi
tion be brought there. Mr. Patrick say's
that it is proposed to have an extensive
department in the exposition showing
the progress of j the colored people-in the
South since the war. Mr. Patrick, has
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received a letter from Charles Price, col
ored Of Salisbury, expressing on the
part of the colored people their appreci
ation of this feature and their readiness
to co-operate in it. Ex.
The! Edison Company claim a I great
advantage for what they call their jMuni
cipal system, as the greatest equality,
and maximum ecorvomy in illumination
is said always to be secured by a; large
number of units thickly scattered;. We
are told that no more mechanical power
is used, in running from nine to ten Ed
ison lamps of twenty candles eachi than
is required for
fifty to sixty of
one Arc lamp, andi from
these lamps light a cir-
cuit of from five to ten or even twelve
miles, according to necessity oi light
required. The weight of conductors is
much lighter than is required in, other
systems
h-
Maior Wilson, chief ensriheer and
superintendent of the Knoxville, Cumber
land Gap and Louisville road, aid his
associates, deserve credit for the enter
prise displayed in keeping that roiad in
good) order during the recent disturb
ances. ; It has been a trying time oh new
railroads; but the K. C. G. & L. has been
running trains with slight interruptions
for a j few days! To keep the road in
order has required a large outlay of
labor and expense. Knoxville Journal.
NORTH CAROLINA DEAD
in
Virginia CemeteriesAppeal for
Headstones. !
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The Charlotte News contains the f ol-
o wing :
" Mention was made
in yesterday' 8
News of the appeal of the Ladies of Me
morial Association of Fredericksburg,
Va., for contributions to (secure marble
headstones for the graves of North Garo-
ina's Confederate dead m the cemetery
there. The appeal is issued ;by Mrs.
Capt. I. N. Barney, Secretary of the As
sociation : - - ' -: ! I
" The Ladies' 3Iemonal j Association
of Fredericksburg, Va , respectfully call
your attention to the fact! that j there lie
buried in our Confederate Cemetery
,800 Southern soldiers fom thfe follow
ing states: .Maryland, Virginia. JNortn
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Flor
ida, Alabama, Mississippi' Louisiana,
Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee. . i
" 4 The wooden posts with their names
on them are rapidly decaying, and it ds
necessary to replace them; as soon as
possible. Having no means at our dis
posal for this purpose, we are compelled
to ask for aid, feeling sure that our ap
peal will not be in vain. M j
'Many of these graves, which we
have lovingly cared for during so many
years, contain the dear ones of Southern
homes, where their memories j are ' still
cherished; and a throb of sympathy will
go out to us in our efforts to rescue their
names from oblivion. Mothers, widows,
orphans, sisters and comrades, help us
in our sacred work, and we believe that
before another year we will have money
nough to begin our workVj j If some re
sponsible person in each; city, town and
village will offer to receive contributions
for this cause, and will forward them to
Chas. Wallace, Esq., President First Na
tional Bank, Fredericksburg, Va., we
will be very grateful.' J j j
" Of the eighteen hundred graves, two
hundred and forty cover the remains of
North Carolinians. And of all the States
mentioned above, Georgia alone has re
sponded and sent suitable headstones to
mark the place's of her Idead. I This ap
peal cannot be resisted by Charlotte.
Will not some of our noble ladies take
the matter in hand and get up a contri
bution from this city f
.Wilmington is
already at work raising a fund.''
The Wilmington Star i contains
this
additional : 1 i I '
"Ladies of the University of Virginia
Memorial Association have also issued
an appeal, for aid in .keeping in order
the graves of the Confederate dead at
that place. Mrs. Anna Bledsoe Din
widdie is President of the Association.
" In the cemetery at the! University of
Virginia are buried 1,097; Confederate
soldiers. Of these 82 are from Alabama,
13 from Florida, 224 from Georgia, 84
from Louisiana, 4 from . Maryland, 69
from Mississippi, 200 from; North Caro
lina, 161 from South Carolina, 10 from
Tennessee, 12 from Texas,! 192 from Vir
ginia, 29 whose States are uncertain, and
17 not known."
.Biltmore.
i
; The most astonishing progress is being
made on Mr.. Vanderbilt'i
Biltmore rail-
road. Work was begun
only two weeks
ago and already the
pleted. The cost of
griding is com
tins road it is
thought will be about $80 ,000, and from
this fact some idea may be formed of
the magnitude of the
improvements
which are to be made upon the estate of
Biltmore, Large' Stables j and j comfort
able farm houses are being erected on
the estate. The railroad is built to fa
cilitate the construction oil the mansion,
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after the completion of which it is to be
torn up.
The Asheville Postoffice.
Mr. j. H Windrim, supervising archi
tect, Washington, advertises for 'sealed
proposals "for all the materials and labor
required in the erection and completion
of the U. S. Courthouse land Postbifice
building at Asheville, N. C
; (approaches
and heating apparatus not
included)" to
be submitted not later than 2 p. m. April
22, 1890, to the architect, lor; the superin
tendent, Mr. .J. A. Wagnrj Asheville, N.
C. Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check for $500. j
! A Big Combine Contemplated.
J. C. Brain, representing; a large Eng
lish syndicate, is in Danville for the pur
pose of buying eight of I the largest to
bacco factories m Danville, and organ
izing them into one stock Company..;, He
went there from Lynchburg, and it is
said he obtained options on several large
tobacco factories in that city.
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Notice. I;' j- -'; '
A special meeting of the County Board
of Education of Buncombe County will
be held on Monday, the 7tii day bf April
next, for the transaction of any business
pertaining to the office of said board.
All persons haying business for said
board are requested to be; present. ;
A. T. Summbt, Chairman.
J. S. Grant, Ph. G.
(Of the Philadelphia Colleg of Pharmacy.)
Apothecary, 24 Sonth Main St.
Bill Nye, who Jui had La Grippe, send
tfu ' joUowing to Grant '8 Pharmacy:
"Little grains' of quinin,
Little drinks of rye,
Mate La Grippe that's got ymx
Drop its hold and fly. ' ,
This may qvicklyhtlp you,
If you'll only try; -,
But don't forget the quinine
When you take the rye."
Remember the moracontained in the last
two lines that is don't forget to get the qui
nine, and get it at Grant' sPharmacy.
If your prescriptions are prepared at
Grant's Pharmacy you can positMy de
pend upon these facts: First, that only the
purestand best drugs and chemicals will be
used; second, they will be compounded care
fully and accurately by an experienced Pre-
scriptwnist, and third, you will not be
char Bed an exhorbitant price. You will re
ceive the best goods at a wry reasonable profit.
Uont forget the place Grant's PJiarinacu,
24 South Main street.
Prescriptions filed at att hours, "night or
day, and delivered free of charge to any part
of the city. The night bell will be answered
Promptly. Grant's Phartnacy, 24 South
Main street.
At Grant' 8 Pharmacy your can buy any
Patent Medicine at the lowest price quoted
by any other drug house in the city. We
are determined to sell as low as the lowest.
We wiU sell aU Patent Medicines at first
cost, and below that if necessary, to meet the
price of any competitor.
We have the largest assortment of Chamois
Skim in Asheville. Over 200 skins, all
sizes, at the Imcest prices. -
We are ogents for Humphrey's Homoio
pathetic Medicines. A full mqyply ofhis
goods alwags on hand.
Use Buncombe Liver Pills, tlie best in the-
world for liver complaint, indigestion, etc.
A thoroughly -.reliable, remedy for alr
blood disease is Buncombe Stiran,irilJji
t ---.
Try a bottle and you will take no other.
J.S. GRANT, Ph. G., PJtarntacist,
24 S. Mam St. Aslteville, N. C.
W. A. BLAIE.
J. V. BE0WN.
Furniture
AND
D
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Patton Avenue,
McAfee Block, Opposite Blair's Old Stand.
We are now ready, and in
vite our friends and the public
generally to calf and examine
our well selected stock of
Furniture,
Which we are offering at
v
Rock-Bottom Prices.
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Undertaking A Special Feature.
Calls Attended Day or Night.
Telephone, Day 75, Night 65
& Brown.
ndertakin
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